Location: San Francisco and Bay Area < California < USA
Nearest Airport:
San Francisco International Airport at 10
Miles
Nearest Motorway:
Interstate 280/ Hwy 101 at 1
Miles
Nearest Beach:
beach at 1
Miles
Car: not necessary
S. F. Historian Richard Brandi describes West Portal as a village-within-a-city. West Portal Ave. is filled with cafes, boutiques, an independent music store, a movie theater, book stores, specialized clothing stores, antique & interior décor shops, spas and salons for men, woman & pets.
Our home is located just off St. Francis Circle, best known as the entrance to St. Francis Wood. It's also where four major Avenues converge, which means you can catch a streetcar or bus to take you anywhere you need to go. Go west down Sloat Blvd for 1 mile you'll be at the San Francisco Zoo and the Pacific Coast Hwy. If you take the train south 3 stops (about 10 minutes) you'll be at Stonestown Shopping Mall and UCSF. The train going north takes you to the heart of downtown in about 20 minutes. If you feel like a walk you go east into the Wood.
Two blocks away is Stern Grove which hosts free outdoor concerts on Sundays from June 21 - August 23. Roberta Flack will open this season.